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Abraham was called to a land he would never own to start a nation he would never see. Instead he meandered around the ancient Near East like an aimless vagabond. Moses spent the last forty years of his life wandering around the Sinai Peninsula with two million of perhaps the most ungrateful and stubborn people to … Continue reading →

Ever since last Friday’s Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage church leaders have been in a reactionary posture. Some of this is to be expected. Our parishioners and congregants are as varied in their views on this issue as they are on any other, and with those variances come a plethora of questions concerning … Continue reading →

In his classic work, The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard uses the illustration of a fighter pilot who crashed his jet into the sea as a metaphor for our culture. The reason he crashed? In flying maneuvers he became disoriented and confused the sea for the sky, and despite all his best efforts to rectify the problem, … Continue reading →

So it’s pretty much all over the news, in between reports of protests and basketball playoffs that the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing arguments concerning whether or not “gay marriage” should be legalized. Many on the Evangelical Right are in a tizzy over this. My inbox has been flooded with requests to … Continue reading →

What if Christians were more like Christ? What if we lived zestfully, gave sacrificially and loved unconditionally? What if instead of complaining about rights lost, we loved those who wish to wrong us? What if we practiced turning the other cheek? What if instead of seeking legislation to protect our rights, we laid our rights … Continue reading →

Okay, maybe I like confrontation a little too much. Or maybe I am just an equal opportunity type guy, but one thing’s for sure: I am probably going to make both sides of the “gay marriage” debate angry with this post. Oh well, to be honest, I’m pretty fed up with them too. With my … Continue reading →